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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Glycereth-26 in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Glycereth-26 is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 38 products, most often face care.

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What does Glycereth-26 do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Glycereth-26 holds water in the skin or the product and makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: humectant and viscosity controlling.

humectantviscosity controlling

What other names and numbers does Glycereth-26 have?

CAS number
31694-55-0
CosIng reference
76277

Which products contain Glycereth-26?

Open Beauty Facts finds Glycereth-26 in the ingredient lists of 38 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face care, face masks and skincare.

  • Face care4
  • Face masks3
  • Skincare3
  • Body care2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 11 · France 5 · Singapore 4 · Argentina 3.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Glycereth-26 turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsHumectants

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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